#2 A Big Responsibility

The new animal finally arrived. It was an elephant named Ruby, she is a very cute baby. Stella, the elephant that was also Ivan's friend, welcomed Ruby and helped her. Ruby got along very well and became friends of Ivan, Bob and called Stella her aunt. Stella got really injured from the foot, And made Ivan promise her that he would take care of baby Ruby.

                                                   Ruby is so cute 

                                                     Stella got really injured

"Y͟o͟u͟ w͟a͟n͟t͟ m͟e͟ t͟o͟ t͟a͟k͟e͟ c͟a͟r͟e͟ o͟f͟ R͟u͟b͟y͟".

"S͟t͟e͟l͟l͟a͟ n͟o͟d͟s͟, a͟ s͟m͟a͟l͟l͟ g͟e͟s͟t͟u͟r͟e͟ t͟h͟a͟t͟ m͟a͟k͟e͟s͟ h͟e͟r͟ w͟i͟n͟c͟e͟. "I͟f͟ s͟h͟e͟ c͟o͟u͟l͟d͟ h͟a͟v͟e͟ a͟ l͟i͟f͟e͟ t͟h͟a͟t͟'s͟ ... d͟i͟f͟f͟e͟r͟e͟n͟t͟ f͟r͟o͟m͟ m͟i͟n͟e͟" (Applegate 112). This quote shows us that Stella won't live for much longer and Ivan will be in charge of Ruby. I think Stella loves Ruby, that's why she wants her to have a better life. I predict that later on, Stella will die. Even though letting Stella go will be hard, I think Ruby will be Ivan's best friend and will bring lots of joy.

"B͟e͟f͟o͟r͟e͟ t͟h͟e͟ c͟i͟r͟c͟u͟s͟, I͟ u͟s͟e͟d͟ t͟o͟ l͟i͟v͟e͟ w͟i͟t͟h͟ m͟y͟ m͟o͟m͟ a͟n͟d͟ m͟y͟ s͟i͟s͟t͟e͟r͟s͟ a͟n͟d͟ m͟y͟ c͟o͟u͟s͟i͟n͟s͟", R͟u͟b͟y͟ s͟a͟y͟s͟. S͟h͟e͟ d͟r͟o͟p͟s͟ t͟h͟e͟ h͟a͟y͟, p͟i͟c͟k͟s͟ i͟t͟ u͟p͟, t͟w͟i͟r͟l͟s͟ i͟t͟."T͟h͟e͟y͟'r͟e͟ d͟e͟a͟d͟" "R͟u͟b͟y͟ a͟s͟k͟s͟ l͟o͟t͟s͟ o͟f͟ q͟u͟e͟s͟t͟i͟o͟n͟s͟. S͟h͟e͟ s͟a͟y͟s͟"I͟v͟a͟n͟, w͟h͟y͟ i͟s͟ y͟o͟u͟r͟ t͟u͟m͟m͟y͟ s͟o͟ b͟i͟g͟?" a͟n͟d͟ "H͟a͟v͟e͟ y͟o͟u͟ e͟v͟e͟r͟ s͟e͟e͟n͟ a͟ g͟r͟e͟e͟n͟ g͟i͟r͟a͟f͟f͟e͟?" a͟n͟d͟ "C͟a͟n͟ y͟o͟u͟ g͟e͟t͟ m͟e͟ o͟n͟e͟ o͟f͟ t͟h͟o͟s͟e͟ p͟i͟n͟k͟ c͟l͟o͟u͟d͟s͟ t͟h͟a͟t͟ t͟h͟e͟ h͟u͟m͟a͟n͟s͟ a͟r͟e͟ e͟a͟t͟i͟n͟g͟?" (Applegate 85). This shows us that even though Ruby passed hard circumstances, she is strong and joyful. All Ruby's family died. Also, Ruby is really nice because her family died because of humans and she doesn't hate people. The Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade is very lucky to receive Ruby.

This sections of the book are very important parts of the story. Lots of unexpected things occur. This parts are happy and sad at the same time because of lots of things that are happening. A nice message that they gave us is that you have to be strong no matter what. In conclusion, this was a impacting section of the book.

This song relates to Ruby because she is very strong